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The difference in pitching lines from Ryan Pepiot’s opening-day performance and Wednesday’s matinee was not extremely significant. Friday, he worked six innings against the Rockies, allowing six hits,

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Paul Skenes will be opposed by Ryan Pepiot for Tampa Bay. Last night, Tampa blanked the Bucs, 7-0. Brandon Lowe went yard and drove in three as Tampa rolled to their fourth win in five games. Shane Baz gave up seven hits but pitched six scoreless innings to get his first win of the season.

Archer, who fizzled out quickly with the Pirates, is now retired. Austin Meadows, who had an .826 OPS with Tampa Bay, is all but retired even if he hasn’t announced it. And Tyler Glasnow has moved on to Los Angeles with a $136 million contract. The only player directly involved in the trade who is still hanging around is Shane Baz.

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When Santana took to the mound, his uniform, and his pants style in particular, left the Rays broadcast bewildered. Santana was wearing some gray Pirates pants that were folded up